Typhoon to hit japan

By Reuters &nbspSeptember 29, 2018 | 12:15 pm GMT+7 Super typhoon Trami is seen from the International Space Station as it moves in the direction of Japan, September 25, 2018 in this image obtained from social media on September 26, 2018. Photo by ESA/NASA-A.Gerst/via Reuters A powerful typhoon brought heavy rain and high winds as it approached southern Japan on Saturday. Typhoon Trami, rated category 2 by Tropical Storm Risk, with category 5 the highest, is the latest storm to threaten Japan in a year of grim weather-related woes, including punishing heat, heavy rains and landslides. Outlying islands in the Okinawan chain, some 1,000 km southwest of Tokyo, were being pounded by heavy rain and high tides a day before an Okinawan gubernatorial election on Sunday. Strong wind knocked down trees, blew off an outer wall from a building and left five people injured in Naha, a city in Okinawa. Trami also caused power outages in more than 30 towns in Miyakojima island, … [Read more...] about Powerful typhoon approaches southern Japan, charts course for main island

High waves hit breakwaters at a port of Aki, Kochi prefecture, western Japan, Tuesday (Sep 4), 2018 as powerful typhoon Jebi hits Japan's Pacific coast. (Photo source: Ichiro Banno/Kyodo News via AP) Typhoon Jebi, with winds of up to 216 kilometres (135 miles) per hour, swept a tanker anchored in Osaka Bay into a bridge and partially flooded Kansai International Airport on an island in the bay. But hours after it made landfall, there were no reports of major damage elsewhere and no injuries. Images on public broadcaster NHK showed the top of the tanker had smashed into part of the bridge linking the city of Izumisano with the airport but there were no reports of injuries. Local media said runways and the basement of part of the airport had been flooded by high waves whipped up by the storm. All flights were cancelled at Kansai. Jebi was moving fast on a northeast track and expected to weaken as it crosses Japan. The severe weather has left tens of thousands without power and forced … [Read more...] about Typhoon Jebi hits Japan, strongest in 25 years: Weather agency

Viet Nam News TOKYO — A powerful 6.6-magnitude quake rocked the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido today, triggering landslides, collapsing houses, and killing at least one person with around 20 missing. TV footage showed dozens of houses at the bottom of a hill engulfed by a landslide, with a rescue helicopter winching a resident to safety. Aerial views showed multiple, large-scale landslides in the sparsely populated countryside, which was also hit by the edge of a powerful typhoon that surged through Japan earlier this week. Around three million homes lost power after the quake but Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko said the government hoped to restart power "in several hours." The Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido stopped operations due to the blackout but its cooling system was working using its emergency back-up power, NHK said. Akira Fukui, from the main city of Sapporo, told AFP: "I woke up around 3am with a … [Read more...] about Landslides after powerful 6.6 magnitude quake hits Japan’s Hokkaido

A swollen river is seen after Typhon Malakas made landfall overnight, in Miyazaki on September 20, 2016. Typhoon Malakas made landfall on the Okuma island of Kagoshima shortly after midnight today, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, as small communities in southern Japan became submerged and more than 100 flights were cancelled. — AFP/VNA Photo
Viet Nam News TOKYO – A powerful typhoon ripped into southern Japan today, dumping torrential rains on the region that left some communities partially submerged and forced dozens of flights to be cancelled. Typhoon Malakas made landfall in the southernmost main island of Kyushu shortly after midnight (1500 GMT), packing winds of up to 180kmper hour, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Television footage from public broadcaster NHK showed houses, cars and rice fields partly covered in the muddy brown water in Miyazaki prefecture, where a record 578mm of rain fell on one city in just 24 hours. A woman in her 30s was slightly … [Read more...] about Typhoon Malakas slams Japan leaving south waterlogged

The severe tropical storm has left thousands without electricity and forced thousands from their homes [REUTERS] At least fifteen people have been killed and more than 43 others are missing after Typhoon Talas swept across western Japan. More than 450,000 people were ordered to evacuate their homes as the tropical storm caused flooding and landslides on Sunday on its path northwards towards the Sea of Japan. Al Jazeera's Steve Chao, reporting from Ishinomaki, said wind speeds at the peak of the storm had reached 140 km per hour. "The bigger threat was that Typhoon Talas was moving so slowly which meant it was dumping heavy, heavy rain over the southern parts of Japan," our correspondent said. In one area alone, Nara Prefecture, more than 1,600 mm of rain fell, causing landslides which swept a 73-year-old man to his death when his wooden house collapsed. Currently more than 73,000 people remain without electricity. According to NHK, 94 people were injured in 18 prefectures in central … [Read more...] about Deadly Typhoon Talas lashes Japan